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Berlin music
fromThe Local Germany
5 days ago

How a piece of Berlin's cultural history just went into space

A Berlin-built satellite named Tacheles launched with NASA's Artemis II mission, linking the city's countercultural history to its advancements in space technology.
Germany news
fromPOLITICO
1 week ago

'Proactively fall in line:' Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office

The museum altered educational materials and workshops due to political pressures and concerns about public perception under the current administration.
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#holocaust
History
fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

Scientists Confirm Remains of Medieval Emperor Otto the Great - Medievalists.net

Emperor Otto the Great's identity has been confirmed through scientific research, including DNA analysis, after centuries of uncertainty.
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 week ago

Historical Oberamteistrae Museum / wulf architekten

The historic row of houses at Oberamteistrae 2832, along with the surviving basement of the 'Stone House', are among the oldest buildings in Reutlingen, dating back to the 13th century.
Berlin
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Racism in Germany widespread, but more subtle than before

Racism and discrimination in Germany are declining slightly, but xenophobic views persist among a significant portion of the population.
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

Berlin's First-Ever Art Gala Was a Love Letter to the City

The evening, spearheaded by directors Sam Bardouil and Till Fellrath alongside patrons Monique Burger and Christine Würfel-Strauss, arrived at a fraught moment for Berlin, whose cultural scene faces funding cuts of roughly €130 million.
Arts
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis?

"It does indeed seem to be very appealing to a wider public to conduct their own online research," says historian Johannes Spohr. "But, in Germany, these sources have actually been accessible at the Federal Archives since 1994. And there, one can actually obtain much more information than just about these memberships."
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Berlin music
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Life in Hitler's Capital

A new book presents firsthand accounts from diverse Berlin residents during World War II, including students, musicians, Nazi members, and resistance fighters, revealing their personal experiences during wartime.
Berlin food
fromEater
1 month ago

Three Perfect Days of Museums, Markets, and Beer Gardens in Munich

Munich combines innovative international energy with Bavarian lifestyle, offering world-class dining from historic taverns to modern small plates, historic landmarks, and proximity to the Alps.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A living, moving exhibition': Ukraine Museum opens in Berlin air-raid bunker

We want to show people something of the physical reality of the conflict. We hope to bring it home to them that this is a war going on here and now in Europe, and that we ignore it at our peril.
Berlin
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Berlin factory at center of German militarization debate

German activists oppose a Berlin factory's transition to munitions shell production, attempting to mobilize workers toward civilian production alternatives.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

Germany returns to France fragments of the Bayeux Tapestry taken in 1941

Two unembroidered fragments removed from the Bayeux Tapestry in 1941 by a Nazi scientist were returned to France by Schleswig-Holstein.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

'Threat to world peace': How Germans see the US now

After the tensions of the George W. Bush era, the new US president's approval ratings among Germans skyrocketed. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 93% of Germans believed Obama would "do the right thing regarding world affairs." That remains a record to this day. Even in 2016, at the end of his second term, an extraordinary 86% of Germans still trusted Obama.
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fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Germany cautiously thankful for US 'Board of Peace' invite

Germany on Monday thanked US President Donald Trump for extending Berlin an invitation to take up a seat on his so-called "Board of Peace." German government spokesman Steffen Cornelius said: "We are thankful for this invitation. We share the aim of pursuing peace in the world. It is in Germany's core interest to end the conflict in Gaza for good."
World news
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Berlin cathedral opens newly renovated crypt to house coffins of Prussia's ruling dynasty

The most recent final resting place for 91 members of the family is Berlin Cathedral's crypt, which opens to the public this weekend after a €29m, six-year renovation. Sonja Tubbesing, the cathedral official responsible, describes it as the church's biggest building project since its post-war reconstruction.
Berlin
History
fromMedievalists.net
2 months ago

"775 - Westphalia": Exhibition Explores the Origins of Charlemagne's Imperial Palace - Medievalists.net

Charlemagne established a fortified royal base at the Lippe River in 775, baptized many Saxons, and initially named it Karlsburg before the name vanished.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago

Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation

Joe Engel, an Auschwitz survivor, became a prominent Holocaust educator in Charleston and helped establish a permanent memorial as survivor voices fade.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Europe remembers Nazi genocide

European institutions and national memorials will hold coordinated commemorations, survivor testimonies, and wreath-laying ceremonies marking Holocaust victims and the Auschwitz liberation anniversaries.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Germany news: Crowds to turn out for Carnival parade

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Lebanon then Jordan to support enforcement of a US-brokered 2024 ceasefire requiring Hezbollah to lay down its weapons.
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?

The British Museum amended some Middle East gallery labels to use ancient regional terms like 'Canaan' while continuing to use 'Palestine' in many displays.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Germany updates: Parliament to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Two men reportedly fired shots at an elite police unit during a car chase in southern Germany Tuesday evening, causing a road accident in which five people were lightly injured. Officers from the Spezialeinsatzkommando (special deployment unit, or SEK) had attempted to arrest three men, aged 23, 24 and 30, in the small town of Absberg near the city of Nuremberg on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons.
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Berlin
fromThedrum
2 months ago

Kulturprojekte Berlin: Taking a historical journey with Facebook Augmented Reality ads

An augmented reality and Messenger project recreated Berlin Wall events at nearly 40 historic sites to educate young Germans, increasing reported understanding to 80%.
Berlin
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

Even as Nazi repression and wartime hardship increased, Berlin retained pockets of defiant, everyday resistance and nonconformity among ordinary citizens.
fromThe Local Germany
2 months ago

Americans in Germany: Are Germans treating you differently as international tensions rise?

Relations between the US and Germany are increasingly tense. As German and European leaders determine how to respond to Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland, we're asking if world events affecting the everyday lives of Americans in Germany? While we'd like to believe that everyone is capable of making the distinction between a citizen of a certain country and the actions of their government, that's not always the case.
Germany news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I was simply luckier': Holocaust survivors warn against forgetting Nazi atrocities

Survivors of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, laid flowers and candles at the memorial site on Tuesday, as commemorations marking its liberation 81 years ago took place around Europe and beyond. Marking International Holocaust Memorial Day, Jewish leaders across the continent warned against forgetting the extermination of millions, while some of the few remaining survivors urged ordinary people to stand up against populism and extremism.
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